Valve is once again adding six new community chosen maps to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. This time the event's known as Operation Vanguard, and its the fifth major celebration of the game's hard-working modding community.

As well as the new maps, players can earn new community weapon skins, and take part in the 'Operation Campaigns' system to earn rewards and a place on the leaderboards.

Considering the ridiculously huge crowd-funded reward pool that DotA 2's The International 2014 tournament has already racked up, it's not surprising that the company is looking at holding similiar competitions for other popular games.

Speaking to Prodota.ru, Valve’s Erik Johnson said that he doesn't see why the same model "couldn't be applied directly to Counter-Strike". My CS skills have long since atrophied to the point of uselessness, but the promise of $10,000,000 might just tempt me into a doomed attempt at not being terrible.

The offending item was the 'M4A4 Howl' skin, one of the most expensive items on the market. The DMCA takedown came after DeviantArt user CalvinAlbus pointed out the similarities between an image used in the weapon skin and his own work.